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Good words from #1 White House Journalist

The head of the White House Correspondents' Association has complimented the Trump Administration for essentially being open to the press. I'm not ready to call this an achievement, but even despite criticizing the MSM and its bias, the Trump Administration is not avoiding the press.[1] --1990'sguy (talk) 14:41, 6 August 2017 (EDT)

Backtracking from Charlottesville political incorrectness?

Yesterday, Trump spoke highly of left-wing activists protesting a conservative free speech rally.[2][3][4] It seems that he is backtracking from his earlier comments that there is due blame on both sides for hatred and violence -- and this example seems like a very bad one to do this, because while in Charlottesville most of the protestors (not the counter-protestors) were white supremacists (even though I did read somewhere, maybe The Hill or The Washington Examiner -- I forgot -- that not all of them were), but in the Boston protests, they appear to be mainstream conservatives. --1990'sguy (talk) 17:42, 20 August 2017 (EDT)

Michael Savage has the same opinion of this as me: [5] --1990'sguy (talk) 19:21, 21 August 2017 (EDT)

Some more potentially-useful sources: 1,2,3

I tried looking for the article I read in August 2017 (either at the Washington Examiner, The Hill, or Washington Times) stating that there were actual conservatives at the 2017 rally who were frustrated at being equated with white supremacists -- but I couldn't find it. --1990'sguy (talk) 17:01, 7 April 2019 (EDT)

Likely failure to call radical Islamic terrorism what it is

Trump and every cabinet member who gave speeches today did not mention radical Islamic terrorism, and they even went out of their way to disavow any connections the terrorists have with Islam.[6][7] --1990'sguy (talk) 17:50, 11 September 2017 (EDT)

Another article on it: [8] --1990'sguy (talk) 16:44, 12 September 2017 (EDT)

Yet another: [9] --1990'sguy (talk) 17:13, 12 September 2017 (EDT)

More sources: [10] --1990'sguy (talk) 08:54, 13 September 2017 (EDT)

Trump's speech, however, was reported to be more aggressive, possibly indicating a more interventionist foreign policy.[11] --1990'sguy (talk) 17:10, 12 September 2017 (EDT)

McMaster is probably to blame for the lack of "radical Islamic terrorism" in the speeches: [12] --1990'sguy (talk) 16:32, 13 September 2017 (EDT)

More interesting sources about this: [13][14][15][16] --1990'sguy (talk) 21:45, 16 September 2017 (EDT)

Despite the 9/11 speech, Trump did mention "radical Islamic terrorism" in a speech at Joint Base Andrews four days after 9/11.[17][18][19] Still, the 9/11 speech was more important, and the lack of the term was in more than just Trump's own speech. I'm still disappointed in the PC. --1990'sguy (talk) 21:45, 16 September 2017 (EDT)

"Feuding" with other officials helping Trump's agenda

Trump stated that feuding going on between him and establishment politicians (such as Bob Corker) ultimately helps his agenda.[20][21] --1990'sguy (talk) 18:34, 22 October 2017 (EDT)

Trump and conservative talk radio

While CNN states that Trump has not been appearing on conservative talk radio stations,[22] other sources show that he has taken interviews on at least some notable ones.[23][24][25] --1990'sguy (talk) 17:41, 22 December 2017 (EST)

Extra sources

Here's a source that might be useful for this article but that I don't want to add yet: [26] --1990'sguy (talk) 21:35, 12 January 2018 (EST)

Trump recently took credit for exposing fake news in the U.S., something that, at least to an extent, is true: [27] --1990'sguy (talk) 23:02, 16 May 2018 (EDT)

This article pretty clearly shows that Trump is only joking, but it's still interesting enough to post here -- that Trump admits he sometimes caves to political correctness: [28] --1990'sguy (talk) 00:52, 20 June 2018 (EDT)

Somewhat interesting and possibly useful article about Trump and fake news in the UK: [29] --1990'sguy (talk) 19:38, 13 July 2018 (EDT)

There have been a lot of sources on Trump and the NFL, and here are some of them, possibly for future use: 1,2,3,4,5,6 --1990'sguy (talk) 22:02, 12 August 2018 (EDT)

The NFL reportedly won't implement its new National Anthem policy this year: [30] --1990'sguy (talk) 18:05, 9 September 2018 (EDT)

The media's extreme overreaction to Trump's "nationalism" comment might be something to note: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 22:33, 24 October 2018 (EDT)

Some more possible sources to use about Trump's pushing back against the media regarding the bomb scare incident: 1,2,3,4,5,6 --1990'sguy (talk) 22:31, 26 October 2018 (EDT)

Trump suggested starting a U.S. government TV network broadcast worldwide to show the world how great the U.S. is and counter CNN: 1,2,3 --1990'sguy (talk) 16:14, 26 November 2018 (EST)

Politically incorrect, of course, but I think it's good that Trump is bluntly criticizing the Left and the Obama Administration: [31] --1990'sguy (talk) 22:22, 28 November 2018 (EST)

A source on Trump's criticisms of BuzzFeed: [32] --1990'sguy (talk) 17:54, 19 January 2019 (EST)

Interesting (and good) statements by Trump as to why Sarah Sanders does not do many press briefings anymore: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 17:19, 22 January 2019 (EST)

This is extremely trivial and illustrates the MSM's bias, but a women's championiship team has not visited the White House solo under Trump's presidency, unlike previous presidents: [33] --1990'sguy (talk) 22:36, 5 March 2019 (EST)

Interesting article on Trump's relationship with politically incorrect conservative Katie Hopkins: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 00:45, 30 July 2019 (EDT)

Trump tagged a QAnon Twitter account when he called for voter ID laws today: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 19:48, 30 July 2019 (EDT)

Article related to the MSM's wishing for a recession to hurt Trump: [34] --1990'sguy (talk) 22:51, 15 August 2019 (EDT)

Some sources regarding Trump's signing of Bibles in Alabama -- it's apparently not unusual or inappropriate at all: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 13:59, 11 March 2019 (EDT)

A decent op-ed on Trump's criticisms of the far-left Democrat House members: [35] --1990'sguy (talk) 16:20, 16 July 2019 (EDT)

Trump's approval rating increased after his politically incorrect, but strong, statements against some far-left Democrat U.S. Representatives: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 --1990'sguy (talk) 08:50, 17 July 2019 (EDT)

Some more sources related to this: 1,2,3,4,5 --1990'sguy (talk) 12:16, 18 July 2019 (EDT)

Strong statements by Stephen Miller on this: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 --1990'sguy (talk) 14:00, 21 July 2019 (EDT)

The NIH director stated he would not attend panels that only have men: 1,2 This isn't very significant, but it's caving to the Left's political correctness which focuses on identity politics and how people look rather than the content on their character. --1990'sguy (talk) 15:38, 12 June 2019 (EDT)

Trump proven right again: Sweden

President Trump's comments on the massive increase in crime in Sweden due to mass migration have been proven correct, as the country's prime minister effectively admitted and as Trump himself noted: [36] --1990'sguy (talk) 22:47, 6 March 2018 (EST)

College free speech

Trump stated recently that he does not think free speech is in any serious risk on college campuses -- and he said it at an event organized by an organization that defends college free speech: [37] Yikes. --1990'sguy (talk) 21:49, 23 March 2018 (EDT)

Polls about the MSM

I was considering adding this info to the article, but I decided not to, at least for now, because the poll does not appear to have had anything directly to do with Trump. Either way, the poll seems to show that Trump's attacks on the media are working (though the sources don't say this directly). --1990'sguy (talk) 14:47, 2 April 2018 (EDT)

Here's another poll that shows that young Americans distrust the media more than Trump: [38] It might be good to add, but it's a poll, and while there's less trust of the media compared to President Trump, both are low according to this poll. --1990'sguy (talk) 11:27, 11 April 2018 (EDT)

The problem is, distrust in the MSM doesn't always mean they find better sources. I know a lot of young people say that Twitter is where they get their news. Twitter is not a news agency, so clearly this news is coming from somewhere, and they don't even know where. Typically, it either comes from random people, or the MSM.... --David B ^(TALK) 11:41, 11 April 2018 (EDT)

This poll shows that almost half of Americans disapprove of the media's handling of its coverage of Trump: [39] If I can find more sources about this, I might add it. --1990'sguy (talk) 21:29, 30 July 2018 (EDT)

A majority of Republicans agree with Trump's "enemy of the people" characterization of the media: [40] --1990'sguy (talk) 22:36, 14 August 2018 (EDT)

Trump and social media

The Trump Administration filed a formal complaint against Facebook for its ad targeting practices, stating they are discriminatory: [41] --1990'sguy (talk) 13:22, 18 August 2018 (EDT)

More sources on this general topic: 1,2,3 --1990'sguy (talk) 08:56, 30 August 2018 (EDT)

Great statements by Trump criticizing Big Tech: [42] --1990'sguy (talk) 14:34, 12 March 2019 (EDT)

Nice -- Trump retweeted over 50 firefighters who oppose Biden in response to the firefighters' (supposed) union endorsing Biden: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 13:43, 1 May 2019 (EDT)

Some extra (and generally left-wing) sources on Trump's social media criticisms: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 --1990'sguy (talk) 00:22, 5 May 2019 (EDT)

The Trump campaign is considering creating an account for Trump on the conservative social media site Parler: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 11:37, 28 May 2019 (EDT)

Trump stated that legislation may be necessary to end Big Tech monopolies, considering their bias against conservatives: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 17:16, 26 June 2019 (EDT)

Trump also expressed support for suing Facebook and Google: [43] --1990'sguy (talk) 00:48, 27 June 2019 (EDT)

Interesting poll claiming that people are becoming more indifferent towards Trump's tweets: [44] --1990'sguy (talk) 08:58, 4 October 2018 (EDT)

This article is really about AOC, but it shows that Trump's Twitter reach is very large -- larger than probably anyone ever, by a lot: [45] --1990'sguy (talk) 18:17, 13 January 2019 (EST)

Good statements

Trump praised Robert E. Lee at a campaign rally a couple days ago: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 I considered adding this to the article, but this really shouldn't be controversial, since it's pretty obvious that Lee was a good general, and he's been widely respected until just a few years ago. --1990'sguy (talk) 13:35, 14 October 2018 (EDT)

Some of the sources above also note that the media took Trump's quotes out of context, suggesting this is more of a media bias issue rather than one related to political incorrectness. --1990'sguy (talk) 17:53, 15 October 2018 (EDT)

Good statements by Trump that troll Jim Acosta's unwitting defense of the border wall, though I don't think they're significant enough to add to the article: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 18:58, 11 January 2019 (EST)

Great statements criticizing California for its failed high-speed train project: 1,2,3 --1990'sguy (talk) 17:04, 19 February 2019 (EST)

The Trump Administration also will withhold nearly $1 billion for the high-speed program (though the program is now significantly scaled-back), and it is looking at ways to get its money back: 1,2,3,4,5,6 --1990'sguy (talk) 21:29, 19 February 2019 (EST)

Other good statements, criticizing the New York Times: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 10:42, 20 February 2019 (EST)

Also, Trump is supporting the Covington Kids in their lawsuit against WaPo: 1,2,3,4,5 --1990'sguy (talk) 10:50, 20 February 2019 (EST)

Trump is threatening to boycott general election debates hosted by the MSM after Democrats refused to allow Fox News to host a primary debate: 1,2,3 --1990'sguy (talk) 23:01, 6 March 2019 (EST)

Good statements criticizing modern planes for being too complex to fly: 1,2,3,4 --1990'sguy (talk) 14:30, 12 March 2019 (EDT)

Great statements by Trump, criticizing late-night "comedy": 1,2,3,4,5 --1990'sguy (talk) 13:38, 13 March 2019 (EDT)

Some good/accurate, if politically incorrect, statements on how white nationalists really have little power right now: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 08:03, 16 March 2019 (EDT)

Good statements on GM and Google: [46] --1990'sguy (talk) 15:08, 17 March 2019 (EDT)

Good that Trump is criticizing McCain for his actions as Senator: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14 --1990'sguy (talk) 10:00, 18 March 2019 (EDT)

Trump criticized the media for trying to frame him for a large massacre in New Zealand: 1,2,3,4 --1990'sguy (talk) 15:21, 18 March 2019 (EDT)

Trump stated that court packing would not happen, which is good, but his statements won't stop the Dems if they take power: 1,2,3,4,5 --1990'sguy (talk) 15:19, 19 March 2019 (EDT)

Trump is calling on taking away the Pulitzer Prize from the NYT and WaPo for their "collusion" stories: 1,2,3,4,5 --1990'sguy (talk) 17:05, 30 March 2019 (EDT)

Statements by Trump at the latest National Day of Prayer event: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 --1990'sguy (talk) 14:59, 2 May 2019 (EDT)

Trump criticized the Kentucky Derby result because of political correctness: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 22:45, 5 May 2019 (EDT)

Some good comments criticizing the media for a specific story: 1,2,3,4,5,6 --1990'sguy (talk) 15:24, 20 May 2019 (EDT)

Good comments on Jussie Smollett: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 01:59, 26 May 2019 (EDT)

Good statements on the World Cup Soccar player who disrespected the American flag: 1,2,3 --1990'sguy (talk) 16:54, 26 June 2019 (EDT)

Not a statement, but Trump will skip the WH correspondents' dinner again and hold a rally: 1,2,3,4,5 --1990'sguy (talk) 18:50, 5 April 2019 (EDT)

The rally will be in Green Bay on April 27: 1,2,3,4,5 --1990'sguy (talk) 14:25, 16 April 2019 (EDT)

The White House ordered its staff not to attend the correstondents' dinner: 1,2,3,4,5,6 --1990'sguy (talk) 16:19, 23 April 2019 (EDT)

Some good comments related to CNN and AT&T: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 --1990'sguy (talk) 14:02, 3 June 2019 (EDT)

The MSM hated Trump's comments on the media while meeting Putin: [47] --1990'sguy (talk) 23:12, 28 June 2019 (EDT)

Trump advocated for restoring the Pledge of Allegiance in a town in Minnesota: [48] --1990'sguy (talk) 00:13, 10 July 2019 (EDT)

Trump retweeted (multiple times, on different occasions) Katie Hopkins of the UK, which the mainstream media hates but which is good: [https://www.axios.com/trump-retweets-prominent-uk-islamophobe-supports-send-her-back-bebd38bd-db1e-42af-9f5a-8fe3ea37ed04.html --1990'sguy (talk) 19:59, 20 July 2019 (EDT)